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Quebec’s new Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness Kathleen Weil says the Liberal government will not rush into new legislation on secularism.

Weil, who spoke Friday morning on CBC Radio’s Daybreak, said her first task will be to assess what damage has been caused by the divisive debate over the Parti Québécois government’s proposed secular charter.

The first step, she said, will be consultations with experts at government agencies and relevant bodies like Quebec’s Human Rights Commission and the Quebec Bar Association.

“I have a lot of anecdotal evidence, but I would like to take a look at this whole file with experts within the Ministry of Justice and within civil society generally to see what are the incidents, what are the feelings,” she told Daybreak host Mike Finnerty.